From the Fox News, Charles Payne Show on this article he quoted the following from the WSJ article.
“…. There has never been a better time in America to be old. Yet it also exposes our disjointed national priorities…
We keep pouring resources into making the elderly comfortable and happy when the economy’s pressure points lie elsewhere.”
Unless something changes drastically, we people now over 70 may turn out to be the healthiest and longest living of any American generation.
We did not grow up eating highly processed food or drinking soda every day.
We didn’t grow up reading screens; we were outside playing.
We weren’t driven everywhere in cars. We walked and took the public bus at young ages which helped us become independent. .
MAHA guidelines will help, but even the soil our food is grown in is not as good as it was decades ago.
We also bought into exercising as we aged which was new.
We keep pouring resources into making the elderly comfortable and happy when the economy’s pressure points lie elsewhere.”
First … no one’s pouring any resources to make the “elderly comfortable” …. Unless, of course, those elderly happen to be ILLEGAL INVADERS.
Blame the illegal invaders who cause the “pressure points” … and, blame the libs who fight for this.
“We keep pouring resources into making the elderly comfortable and happy”
For example? Does he oppose social security and Medicare? We paid for those things (as required). As for the stock market, anyone with stocks bought them. I’m not aware of anyone “pouring resources into making the elderly comfortable and happy.”
My wife and I started in a one-bedroom apartment, and it wasn’t in New York city where the author probably lives. We always had at least one job.